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It seems that Sony has asked Aaron Sorkin, the writer of A Few Good Men and The West Wing, to script a movie based on the Facebook story...
"Welcome. I'm Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people
using Facebook pages under my name--which I find more flattering than
creepy--but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free
to test me."
And so starts either one of the most bizarre
hoaxes on Facebook since a green plastic frog asked people to be his
friend and dozens agreed, or what will be one the most bizarre movie
projects since whatever the last thing Paris Hilton was in.
I can reveal that it is no hoax, as Sony has actually confirmed
it has hired Sorkin to write thing.
"I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin
about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my
preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this
page."
Actually the page was started by Ian Reichbach, a researcher for
Sorkin. The fact that Sorkin admits his grandmother "has more Internet
savvy than I do" does not bode well, especially as "she's been dead for
33 years."
Of course, the writer of a screenplay does not have to be savvy with
the subject matter of his script before he gets started in order to do
a good job - that's what researchers are for.
And Sorkin is nothing if not a good writer. A Few Good Men, The
American President, Malice, Charlie Wilson's War, The West Wing are all
testament to that.
Producer Scott Rudin can hold his own as well after the success of No Country for Old Men.
My problem is one of trying to envisage exactly how anyone, even a
talented writer such as Sorkin, could turn the tale of an Internet
start-up such as Facebook into anything even vaguely approaching an
interesting movie. Not that this has stopped more than 4000 people from joining the Facebook group so far.
Still, rather than straight to DVD I guess this one could go straight to YouTube...
David Bass
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